Questions and answers
Parliamentary questions can be asked by any MSP to the Scottish Government or the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. The questions provide a means for MSPs to get factual and statistical information.
- Written questions must be answered within 10 working days (20 working days during recess)
- Other questions such as Topical, Portfolio, General and First Minister's Question Times are taken in the Chamber
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Question reference: S6W-19792
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 July 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 21 July 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether an Assurance of Action Plan was commissioned following the fourth Deposit Return Scheme gateway review.
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Question reference: S6W-19579
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 30 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 18 July 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-19150 by Lorna Slater on 27 June 2023, whether its response also applies to the commercial waste sector.
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Question reference: S6W-19651
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 03 July 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 18 July 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to raise the issue of how e-cigarettes are treated in Scotland under Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) regulations as part of the ongoing UK-wide review.
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Question reference: S6W-19788
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 July 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 18 July 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it required the establishment of a minimum viable product from applicants to be a Deposit Return Scheme administrator, and, if not, for what reason such a requirement was not deemed necessary.
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Question reference: S6W-19787
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 July 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 18 July 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to appoint directors to the board of any future Deposit Return Scheme administrator.
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Question reference: S6W-19577
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 30 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 18 July 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-18920 by Lorna Slater on 22 June 2023, whether it will provide details of the composition of the Specialist Advisory Group.
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Question reference: S6W-19578
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 30 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 18 July 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-19148 by Lorna Slater on 27 June 2023, whether it will (a) publish the data that it states was provided by Zero Waste Scotland and (b) confirm that neither it or Zero Waste Scotland hold a copy of the underlying efficiency studies provided by WRAP, and for what reason the underlying efficiency studies could not be retained by it or Zero Waste Scotland.
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Question reference: S6W-19151
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 29 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-18098 by Lorna Slater on 6 June 2023, whether the Circular Economy Business Support provided by Zero Waste Scotland provides grant funding; if so, whether it will provide a breakdown of what grant funding has been provided to early-stage circular textiles projects in each of the last five years, and, if not, whether it will provide a breakdown of early-stage circular textiles projects that have been supported in each of the last five years, broken down by the type of support each received.
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Question reference: S6W-19249
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 16 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 28 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-18435 by Lorna Slater on 14 June 2023, for what reason the budget figures given for 2022-23, of £42.9 million, and 2023-24, of £46.9 million, differ from those in the Scottish Budget 2023-24, which state that funding levels were £43.4 million in 2022-23 and £47.4 million in 2023-24.
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Question reference: S6W-19150
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 27 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it has given to adopting a kitemark standard to encourage improved performance in the waste collections sector.